In the week since the federal government denied Gov. Rick Perry’s request to have most of Texas granted major disaster status, leading Republicans have knocked FEMA’s decision, leaving the impression Washington is not assisting the fight against the massive wildfires plaguing rural counties.

It is an impression disputed by officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who awarded Texas its 26th grant Sunday to help cover the cost of fire fighting efforts.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the state’s Republican leadership remains peeved at President Obama’s response to the wildfires that have charred 2.2 million acres of Texas in recent months.

Latest manifestation of their pique: Gov. Perry declined a White House invitation to meet the president when Obama lands in El Paso today to deliver a major policy speech on immigration.

But Obama’s White House spokesman, Jay Carney, wants you to know this: The administration doesn’t think it’s slighted Texas in any way.

“I think it’s important for everyone to know that this administration has been extremely responsive to the state of Texas’ requests for wildfire management assisting grants — 25 of them at last count,” he told reporters on Air Force One en route to El Paso. “All that have been requested had been, as far as I know it, have been provided.”

The rhetorical wrangling between Texas Republicans and the Obama administration over the federal response to raging Texas wildfires became more contentious today when Sen. John Cornyn and Gov. Rick Perry blasted the White House for denying Texas’ request for a federal disaster declaration.

The Obama administration quickly responded that it has offered 22 different kinds of federal assistance to Texas in recent months.

Gov. Rick Perry isn’t the only Texas lawmaker requesting disaster aid from President Barack Obama for the scorched state.

Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn joined Perry Tuesday in asking Obama to immediately issue a federal disaster declaration for Texas, where fires have burned through more than 2.2 million acres of land.